millencolin
2nd June 2008, 09:24
I'm writing this on the go, as i watch the prime time news.
I've always stated that the only way for Indycar to get more coverage during non-gold coast indy time is for an Australian to win (or a huge crash)
Today we had both...
There are 3 main commercial national tv networks in Australia (channel 7, 9 and 10)... This is from Brisbane version of the news too (can be more coverage here at times due to the fact its the news that covers the gold coast)
channel 10 news at 5pm, wasnt much mention of Briscoe's win, more coverage on the crash. But something is better than the usual nothing. Rugby League, Cricket, Socceroos World Cup Qualifier, AFL, MotoGp came before it though. Was the last feature of news...
National Nine News at 6...
Rugby League, Socceroos, Rugby Union, Cricket, MotoGp THEN Indycar...
They showed the crash, then showed Briscoe winning. Also mentioned was that all three Trans-Tasman drivers have won a race so far this year. But then Ian Healy refered to the win as a 'Bradbury' as in everyone crashed in front of him to win. Shows he doesn't know about the race and is commenting of what was shown.
Channel 7 is hard to measure (as its on the same time at 6pm...) from what ive seen, League, Union, Soccer, Cricket .... thats it. No Motorsport at all (which is surprising since they have the rights to the v8supercars and Gold coast indy). But i've always believed that Seven's coverage of sport is below the par set by Channel 9
Well, 2 out of 3 aint bad. In its defence it had a lot of competition due to big stories happeneing during the sporting weekend. Cant fit in everything in the space of 5 mins. Its not everyday you have Australia winning the soccer, state of origin selection, cricket action, Stuart Macgill retiring, Casey Stoner podium and Briscoe winning. Lot of competition for only a few minutes of coverage.
I guarentee without watching them that the two gov't owned stations (ABC and SBS, always have the best sport coverage in my opinion) will broadcast this victory, so 4 out of 5 primetime news stations isnt bad. Better than then usual One or none.
Tomorrow i'll suss out the Newspaper and see what got covered... i'm guessing there will be a notiable article about the win... we'll see
I've always stated that the only way for Indycar to get more coverage during non-gold coast indy time is for an Australian to win (or a huge crash)
Today we had both...
There are 3 main commercial national tv networks in Australia (channel 7, 9 and 10)... This is from Brisbane version of the news too (can be more coverage here at times due to the fact its the news that covers the gold coast)
channel 10 news at 5pm, wasnt much mention of Briscoe's win, more coverage on the crash. But something is better than the usual nothing. Rugby League, Cricket, Socceroos World Cup Qualifier, AFL, MotoGp came before it though. Was the last feature of news...
National Nine News at 6...
Rugby League, Socceroos, Rugby Union, Cricket, MotoGp THEN Indycar...
They showed the crash, then showed Briscoe winning. Also mentioned was that all three Trans-Tasman drivers have won a race so far this year. But then Ian Healy refered to the win as a 'Bradbury' as in everyone crashed in front of him to win. Shows he doesn't know about the race and is commenting of what was shown.
Channel 7 is hard to measure (as its on the same time at 6pm...) from what ive seen, League, Union, Soccer, Cricket .... thats it. No Motorsport at all (which is surprising since they have the rights to the v8supercars and Gold coast indy). But i've always believed that Seven's coverage of sport is below the par set by Channel 9
Well, 2 out of 3 aint bad. In its defence it had a lot of competition due to big stories happeneing during the sporting weekend. Cant fit in everything in the space of 5 mins. Its not everyday you have Australia winning the soccer, state of origin selection, cricket action, Stuart Macgill retiring, Casey Stoner podium and Briscoe winning. Lot of competition for only a few minutes of coverage.
I guarentee without watching them that the two gov't owned stations (ABC and SBS, always have the best sport coverage in my opinion) will broadcast this victory, so 4 out of 5 primetime news stations isnt bad. Better than then usual One or none.
Tomorrow i'll suss out the Newspaper and see what got covered... i'm guessing there will be a notiable article about the win... we'll see